Pneumatic tire.



No. 636,793. Patented Nov. [4, I899.

C. GLEISES.

PNEUMATIC TIRE.

(Application filed Mar. 9, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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CHARLES GLEISES, OF NANTES, FRANCE.

,. PNEUMATIC TIRE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 636,793, dated November 14, 1899. Application filed March 9,1899. Serial No. 708,401. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES GLEIsEs, a citizen of the Republic of France, residing at Nantes, France, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Armor for Pneumatic Tires, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the present invention is a puncture proof and explosion preventing covering for the pneumatic tires of bicyclewheels or like vehicles.

The drawings annexed show by way of example the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a tire manufactured according to the invention. Fig. 2'is an inside View of a section of the covering which is the subject of my invention.

The outer covering of this armor, the purpose of which is to render pneumatic tires puncture-proof and also non-explosible, is made of a fabric cut on the bias. It forms a perfect shield or envelop, having its edges provided with eyelets, by means of which it can be laced over the air-tube.

The covering is distended by means of the usual inflatable rubber tube, the extremities bands 1 and 3, made of moleskiu of suitable thickness and dimension, according to the di- I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat 7 ent, is-

1. A puncture-proof Waterproofed covering for pneumatic tires composed of a band of fabric out on the bias, and having its edges provided with eyelets, a band of wadding placed within the covering, coated with rubber or agglutinated by a suitable chemical process and inserted between two bands of moleskin, substantially as described.

2. A'puncture-proof armor for pneumatic tires composed of a band of fabric cut on the bias and having eyelets for lacing, saidband forming an envelop for the air-tube, a strip of waddingcoated on both sides with rubber or otherwise agglutinated, and bands of mole skin arranged on each side of said wadding, said bands and waddin g being interposed between the air-tube and the fabric cover, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

CHARLES GLEISES. WVitnesses:

S. SEOHERIF, OH. AULEROY. 

